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Jackson's life recounted in opening of civil trial
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's struggle against drug addiction was on display Monday during opening statements in his mother's wrongful death case against concert promoter AEG Live.
Competing portraits of Jackson emerged during the first hours of the trial, with Katherine Jackson's attorney acknowledging the pop star's drug problems while also trying to show he was a caring son and father.
"His stirring voice, his musical genius, his creativity and his generosity and his huge heart was extinguished forever," her lawyer, Brian Panish, said in his opening remarks.
AEG's attorney, Marvin S. Putnam, said that while Jackson's death was tragic, his guarded private life meant the company was unaware that he was using the powerful anesthetic propofol.
"The truth is, Michael Jackson fooled everyone," Putnam said. "He made sure that no one — nobody — knew his deepest, darkest secrets."
A jury of six men and six women will determine whether AEG should pay Jackson's mother and three children for their losses after his 2009 death from an overdose of propofol. Millions and possibly billions of dollars in damages are at stake in the case that opened with private photos of the singer with his children and video clips of Jackson dancing.
"This case is about personal choices," Putnam said about Jackson's decision to be treated by physician Conrad Murray. "Also, it was about his personal responsibility. There's no question that Michael Jackson's death was a terrible tragedy.
"I believe the evidence will show it was not a tragedy of AEG Live's making," Putnam said as he ended his opening statement. Testimony will begin Tuesday.
Panish said AEG created a conflict of interest for Murray and forced him to choose between a large payday and Jackson's care. He told the jury AEG was feeling competitive pressures and wanted the Jackson tour to work at all costs.
"They didn't care who got lost in the wash," Panish told the jury.
Panish played a song that Jackson wrote for his three children, "You Are My Life," and displayed a note the singer had written for his mother that brought tears to her eyes as she sat in court.
Katherine Jackson sued AEG Live in September 2010, claiming it failed to properly investigate Murray before allowing him to serve as Jackson's doctor as he prepared for his "This Is It" shows. She is also suing on behalf of her son's three children — Prince, Paris and Blanket.
AEG denies it hired Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death. AEG's attorneys have said the company could not have foreseen the circumstances that led to the singer's death at age 50.
Panish told jurors that AEG executives ignored warning signs about Jackson's health and were motivated to push the singer and his doctor to improve their own financial fortunes.
"We're not looking for any sympathy," Panish said. "We're looking for truth and justice."
With Jackson's mother, brother Randy and sister Rebbie seated in the front row of the courtroom, jurors were shown numerous slides and several scribbled notes.
A couple of jurors nodded when the lawyer referenced Jackson's achievements, including successful concert tours and a Super Bowl performance.
Katherine Jackson dabbed her eyes after Panish read a note that her son wrote to her, detailing his feelings about her.
"All my success has been based on the fact that I wanted to make my mother proud," the singer's note said, "to win her smile of approval."
The personal touches came after Panish spent the first half of his presentation detailing Jackson's struggles with prescription drug abuse throughout the last half of his life.
He also showed jurors numerous emails sent between AEG executives concerning Jackson's health and their concerns that he wouldn't be able to perform 50 planned concerts in London.
Putnam recounted the chaotic days following Jackson's death as investigators and the public tried to figure out how the singer died unexpectedly. He urged jurors to remember that propofol killed Jackson.
"One thing became very, very clear," Putnam said. "While the world may not have heard of propofol, Mr. Jackson certainly had. The evidence is going to show you that he had been using that drug for years and years."
He said jurors will hear from Jackson's ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, who would tell them that Jackson used the anesthetic in the 1990s.
"Mr. Jackson got very, very, good at hiding his addiction," Putnam said. "He didn't let anyone see it. Not his staff, not his children. This was the private Michael Jackson."
He said physician-patient confidentiality kept Jackson's reliance on propofol from becoming publicly known.
That extended to Murray as well. "He couldn't tell anyone about the propofol use," Putnam said of the former cardiologist.
Panish, however, said AEG saw the Jackson shows as a way to make a lot of money and better compete with Live Nation Entertainment Inc.
He displayed a March 2009 email sent before a news conference featuring Jackson, in which AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips wrote to Tim Leiweke, the former CEO of AEG'S parent company, that Jackson was drunk and refusing to address fans.
"This is the scariest thing I have ever seen," Phillips wrote Leiweke. "He is an emotionally paralyzed mess riddled with self-loathing and doubt now that it's show time. He's scared to death."
Panish said Jackson's behavior was just one of several warning signs the company ignored before the death.
He told the panel that they would be the ones to assign liability for Jackson's death, but they should look at AEG's actions and not focus on Jackson's issues.
"Michael paid the ultimate price. He died," Panish said. "Michael has taken responsibility."


text: This is the last of the three courses part of the Globalization, Economic Growth and Stability Specialization.¨Business Opportunities and Risks in a Globalized World¨ is the the 3rd and final course of the ¨Globalization, Economic Growth and Stability¨ Specialization taught by IE Business School's Professor Gayle Allard. This course is designed to help an investor, businessperson or economist approach macroeconomic, institutional and international data and derive information from the indicators that point to the types of opportunities and risks that they present. Students will gain practice by handling the data of some of the largest economies in the world –the United States, Japan, the European Union, China and India—and "reading the story" of their economies from their data, yielding surprisingly profound conclusions about their present and future. The course is the third in a series for the specialization but it is also a stand-alone course for anyone who wants practice in practical macroeconomics. This course includes 4 modules, each one deep-diving into the macroeconomic circumstances that have been brought up in the recent history of four key regions: the USA, Japan, Europe, and China and India. Students will analyze the ways in which international economies relate with one another, the benefits of trade and migration and economic development and how it occurs, among other themes. Professor Allard takes overarching macroeconomic theory and turns it into a practical tool for those interested in the opportunities and risks of investment and doing business in each of the four regions covered.

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Leader Falls, Gear Rips, Belay Fails
Saturday, August 30 was an excellent day for a romp up Captain Hook, a multi-pitch 5.7 outing at Suicide Rock near Idyllwild, California. Trevor Mathews, 21, and his climbing partner Claire McKay, 22, completed the first pitch without incident.
Saturday, August 30 was an excellent day for a romp up Captain Hook, a multi-pitch 5.7 outing at Suicide Rock near Idyllwild, California. Trevor Mathews, 21, and his climbing partner Claire McKay, 22, completed the first pitch without incident. Mathews, a climber of nine months according to a friend of the team quoted on watershednews.blogspot.com, set off up the second pitch with a thin rack of cams and nuts. McKay, whose account of the accident was later related by a friend on supertopo.com, belayed standing on the ledge, clipped to an anchor consisting of one #3 C4 and a single nut. After climbing for roughly 20 feet, Mathews placed a cam, made a couple of tenuous moves and fell. As the rope came taut, the cam blew out of the crack and Mathews whipped onto the belay, hitting McKay. The impact threw her against the wall, fracturing her cheekbone, arm and wrist, and knocked her unconscious. When Mathews' weight came onto the anchor, both pieces ripped. Since McKay lay unconscious on the ledge, the rope ran unchecked through her device. Mathews fell headfirst to the ground, bashing his head against the wall, and breaking his helmet, and ending up wedged upside-down between a tree and the rock. He sustained head injuries and broke his neck in the roughly 100-foot plummet.
Clark Jacobs, Phil Sanchez, Richard Magner and others who were climbing nearby witnessed the accident, called 911 and initiated a rescue. They secured Mathews in an on-site litter and carried him to the road, where he was evacuated by helicopter. Idyllwild and Riverside County firefighters arrived as rescuers turned their attention to McKay, and out of nowhere, threatening clouds moved in. Sanchez and Magner decided to climb to McKay. As they ascended, rain and grape-sized hail pelted down, forcing the helicopter to abort the second airlift. Luckily, McKay was conscious at this point and, with assistance from rescuers, was able to rappel to the ground.
Both climbers are expected to fully recover from their injuries.
As is the case with many climbing mishaps, several variables combined to create the accident. The most obvious mistake was the inadequate protection. Three pieces of gear failed, which indicates that they were incorrectly placed—Mathews was a relatively inexperienced leader. The nut could have stripped as it was weighted with outward force. One thing is certain: It is crucial that the leader safeguard himself and his party against groundfall by placing good gear and sufficient backups.
In any climbing situation the first piece of protection is paramount and must be trucker, since failure will always result in groundfall or a fall directly onto the anchor. On multi-pitch climbs, the anchor must be inviolable and absolutely bombproof. If there is doubt about the integrity of the anchor, the leader must scout for alternatives or backups, and not bring up the second or continue with the pitch until he is certain that the protection is secure. He should also spare no effort in placing a good first piece, even just a few feet above the anchor, to protect the anchor from a direct fall. When using passive protection, look for oppositional placements that will eliminate outward or upward pull and possibly strip the gear. If the first anchoring scenario is sketchy, consider climbing up or down and choosing a less comfortable, but safer stance. Never skimp on gear for the anchor and consider retreating rather than climbing on a less than ideal first piece or anchor.
Ironically, McKay was lucky that she was knocked unconscious since otherwise she would have undoubtedly locked off the belay and been pulled off the ledge when the anchor failed. Her injuries occurred when Mathews slammed into her on his way down. These injuries could have been prevented by positioning a reliable, multi-directional anchor to one side of the leader's fall line.
To summarize: Any protection that acts to safeguard the climber or climbing party from groundfall must be absolutely secure. If no good gear can be found for an anchor or to protect insecure moves off the ground, choose prudence over chutzpah. In those cases, retreat and return with an appropriate rack or pick an alternate climb.


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Chester Arthur
21st president (1881-1885)
Background/Early Life
• Chester Arthur was born and raised in Vermont and New York, and attended Union College in Schenectady, New York.
• Arthur aspired to a life of luxury in Manhattan, and after passing his bar exam he worked for a prestigious law firm in New York City. He became widely known for his work on a couple of cases involving the rights of black people, including one that involved traveling to Albany to argue in front of the New York Supreme Court.
• He gained administrative experience through his service in the Civil War, and after the war he worked for the New York City Tax Commission and then as the Collector of the Port of New York.
• Arthur was named the vice presidential candidate to James Garfield and actively campaigned during the election of 1880, traveling throughout the Midwest to garner support.
• Arthur and Garfield differed on issues once Garfield won the election, and by the time Garfield was assassinated, the two men were not getting along.
How he defined the office
• Arthur was a man of expensive tastes. During his presidency he hired Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York City's most fashionable designer, to renovate the White House to make it look fancier and more appropriately reflect how he thought the president's mansion should look.
• Arthur was also president for the dedication of the Washington Monument in February 1885, shortly before he left office.
• Arthur's wife, Ellen, died before he became president, so he spent his days in office as a widower.
• He was also diagnosed with a deadly kidney disease in 1882, a condition he kept secret and worked through the entire time he was president. Arthur died at age 57 on Nov. 18, 1886.
Successes and failures
• When Arthur became president after Garfield's assassination, he did so amid low expectations from those in government, but left office widely respected.
• Arthur worked to limit corruption in government appointments, signing a Civil Service Act that banned salary kickbacks and allowed new employees to advance only by merit.
• Arthur's presidency is credited with moving toward a more modern Navy, commissioning ships made of steel as well as establishing the Naval War College in Rhode Island and creating the Office of Naval Intelligence.
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• "Since I came here I have learned that Chester A. Arthur is one man and the President of the United States is another."


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Local leaders in the dark about Amtrak service
Remember that Amtrak train Gov. Pat Quinn promised northwest Illinois? It's supposed to show up in 2014, linking Chicago with Rockford, Freeport, Galena and Dubuque, Iowa.
Well, 2014 starts in a few weeks and local leaders along the line remain in the dark about whether or not the project is moving forward.
"I haven't heard anything," said Freeport Mayor Jim Gitz. He's worried that funding for the train could get caught up in budgetary debates on Capitol Hill.
"It would be a shame if the expansion of rail service into northern and northwest Illinois were to become the victim of budgetary forces or the forthcoming elections," said Gitz, who doesn't expect to see Amtrak trains here until 2015.
Freeport's mayor says that if train service doesn't begin by 2016, it may never happen.
"The Republican House has no inclination to fund infrastructure. They don't believe in investing in America," Gitz declared.
"If they don't want to support highways and bridges, you can imagine where trains rank," said Gitz, a supporter of public transport. "How many more lanes do we want to build on I-90?"
State Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Rockford, said the state's negotiations with the Canadian National Railway over use of their tracks "are agonizingly slow.
"The governor says he's disappointed that the cost has skyrocketed. Conversations are taking place now, revisiting the issue, determining the future of Amtrak service," Stadelman said. The state estimated infrastructure upgrades at $60 million for the southern route through Genoa. Stadelman declined to say how much the cost has risen.
"This service is still going to happen, it's just taking longer than it should," the senator said.
Meanwhile the city of Rockford moves forward on its plan to build a $12 million train and bus station at South Main Street and Kent Creek. On Jan. 17, 2012, Gov. Quinn came to Tinker Swiss Cottage to pledge $3 millions to start the station project; he promised then that trains would be rolling by 2014.
"The city and Rockford Mass Transit District will be announcing their architectural team that will help design the downtown station soon, hopefully right after Thanksgiving, " said Steve Ernst, executive director of the Rockford Metropolitan Agency for Planning. "It has just been a difficult and lengthy process ... Getting signed contracts out of Springfield has seemed to take an eternity."
Ernst also said he hasn't heard anything new on the route upgrades since the summer.
"As far as I know the State and the CN still have not reached agreement. But seeing as they both signed a non-disclosure agreement for the negotiating period, IDOT has not been able to divulge how close (or how far apart) they are. But given the length of time I have to believe that they still are far apart," Ernst said.
State Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, said he asked IDOT last week for a complete report on the status of the Amtrak route through Rockford. As of Monday, he didn't have it.
"There's not a lot new to report," Syverson said. "At this point, I've been told that IDOT is close to an agreement (with CN) where a contract can be worked out. Now, what 'close to' means, we don't have a definition yet."
Bottom line: Don't expect a train until you can climb aboard it.
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I'm not sure that our kids are any less safe than they were 10 or 20 years ago, but the makers of GPS tracking devices sure do want us to believe they are just seconds from being abducted. 'You would be surprised that every 40 seconds a child becomes missing or kidnapped. You may also be surprised that only 24 percent of the time is the child kidnapped by someone unknown by the family. The rest of the time, your child is kidnapped by someone you already know … Another harsh reality is that 74 percent of murdered children are killed within the first three hours after abduction,' the makers of
say on their website. The solution, of course, is to purchase a tracking device, attach it to your child and then follow their every movement via your smartphone, tablet or computer. If you've ever wished you could microchip your kid just like you did the family dog, this brings you one step closer. Here's what you need to know: GPS tracking basics The same technology that tells you how to get from point A to point B and lets all your Facebook friends know every time you enter a Starbucks can help you follow your kids. You need a receiver – usually a cell phone or a standalone device – which your child carries with them. The receiver sends location information via satellite so a user can track movement via a desktop or mobile device. Often these devices allow you to not only watch where your child is going, but also set up geo-fences that alert you via text or email whenever they've left a set boundary. Many trackers also allow your child to reach out to you if there's an emergency. There are several tracking options available. If your child already has a cell phone, you can check if your wireless provider offers locating services (like
), or you can download a third-party tracking app (there are
) or buy third-party tracking software. If your kids don't have phones yet, you can purchase a stand-alone device the size of a deck of cards or smaller that your child carries with them. There are plenty of trackers on the market, including
($130 plus a monthly fee starting at $10),
($100 plus a $19.99 monthly fee) and
($149.95 plus a $12.95 monthly fee). For extra vigilant (or paranoid) parents, consider the
($220 for device and a year of service), which alerts you if your child gets within 500 feet of the residence of a registered sex offender. If you're looking for a less expensive option, check out TraqCloud. The startup has launched a
and backers who spend $19 or more get their own TraqCloud Anything GPS device, USB charger and pre-activated SIM card with three months of service. After the campaign, the company will charge $69 for the device and a $10 monthly service fee, making it one of the cheapest GPS trackers out there. CommonSense.org offers
on using GPS location services. Other potential uses GPS tracking is not only for wandering children. Families also use it to monitor senior citizens who may be suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's, as well as adults with special needs and family pets. Last month, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer even
that would require the federal government to pay $10 million for GPS tracking devices to be worn by autistic children, who often have the tendency to wander. CBS News recently reported on the
, which allows parents to follow a school bus' route so that their kid doesn't have to stand out at the bus stop for longer than necessary. The app offers an estimated time of arrival for the bus and also allows you to check if the bus made it to school safely. You can also use GPS technology to monitor new drivers. Those with AAA insurance can take advantage of the organization's free
OnBoard Teen Safe Driver Program
, a GPS monitoring system that allows parents of teenage drivers to track their kids using a desktop or mobile device. Parents can set up speed limit alerts that will notify them when their kids have exceeded a pre-set speed limit, as well as boundary notifications to let them know when their teen has left one location and arrived at another. Have a tech-savvy teen? The device will also alert you when it's been disconnected and re-connected. Coincidentally, it's not just kids that people, business and governments are interested in tracking. A startup in Seattle is
to download their
, which tracks everywhere they go in exchange for $5 to $10 gift cards and the chance to win bigger prizes like Apple iPads. The company can than sell this wealth of marketing data to other businesses and mobile advertisers. So far 125,000 people have downloaded the app. There are most likely apps on your phone that are geolocating you without your knowledge or permission. Researchers are in the process of
that will track these nefarious apps and warn you about them. I guess our kids aren't the only ones who've been microchipped.


text: KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Andy Reid pulled up to Arrowhead Stadium in a black SUV on Friday, stepped out of it wearing a dark suit and red tie, and walked briskly toward the doors of the Kansas City Chiefs' home. His new home, as it turned out. Just a few hours later, Reid officially became the coach of the Chiefs. The longtime Eagles coach signed a five-year deal, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the terms of the contract. The Chiefs have scheduled an introductory press conference for Monday. Reid's agreement was finalized shortly after the Chiefs announced they had parted ways with general manager Scott Pioli after four tumultuous seasons in Kansas City. It's expected that Reid will pursue longtime Packers personnel man John Dorsey or former Browns GM Tom Heckert – or perhaps both of them – to work with him in the front office. Reid inherits a team that went 2-14, matching the worst record in franchise history. But he'll also have the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, and with five players voted to the Pro Bowl this season, Kansas City has building blocks in place to make a quick turnaround. 'Overall the job is still attractive,' Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt told the AP earlier this week. 'The franchise remains very well respected.' Hunt promised to be thorough and efficient in finding a replacement for Romeo Crennel, who was fired Monday after his first full season. The Chiefs interviewed Atlanta assistants Dirk Koetter and Keith Armstrong on Tuesday before flying to Philadelphia to meet with Reid. Nine hours of negotiations on Wednesday went well enough that Reid called off interviews in Arizona and San Diego, and the two sides continued working out details on Thursday. When news broke that Pioli was out, Reid's agreement quickly followed. Reid arrived in Kansas City aboard a chartered jet Friday afternoon and drove with Hunt and other Chiefs officials to Arrowhead Stadium. He later visited the team's training complex while the final details on his contract were being worked out. The fresh start afforded by the Chiefs should be welcomed by Reid, who endured a difficult season on the field and an even more trying time away from it. Reid's oldest son, Garrett, died during training camp after a long battle with drug addiction, and then the Eagles – expected to contend for a division championship – struggled to a 4-12 finish. Reid was fired on Monday, the same day the Chiefs parted with Crennel. Long considered one of the NFL's bright offensive minds, Reid had a record of 130-93-1 in 14 seasons in Philadelphia. He took a team that was 3-13 the year before his arrival and, in only two years, finished 11-5 and second in the NFC East. That began a stretch of five straight years in which Reid won at least 11 games, including one trip to the Super Bowl. During his tenure, the Eagles made nine playoff appearances while Kansas City made three, and won 10 playoff games – Kansas City hasn't won any since 1993. Meanwhile, the Chiefs went through five head coaches and are now on their third in three years. One of Hunt's priorities was in finding a coach who would bring stability to the franchise. That's one of the reasons that Hunt decided to change the Chiefs' organizational structure, with the coach and general manager reporting directly to him. Since his late father Lamar Hunt founded the team 53 years ago, the coach typically reported to the general manager. That was the way it was under Pioli, whose two coaching hires ended badly. That alone wasn't enough to force Pioli out, though. It was a combination of poor draft choices, ineffective free-agent moves and a growing fan rebellion that led the Chiefs to issue a statement Friday that said they had 'mutually parted ways' with their general manager. 'There is no way to overstate the level of respect and admiration I have for Scott on a personal level,' Hunt said in a statement. 'His character, loyalty, integrity and commitment to a team are extraordinary, and throughout the last four years, he has consistently put the best interests of the Chiefs ahead of his own.' Still, those qualities failed to translate to success. Most of the Chiefs' top stars were drafted by Pioli's predecessor, Carl Peterson. The former Patriots executive struggled to find impact players, particularly at quarterback, while cycling through coaches and fostering a climate of dread within the entire organization. Numerous longtime staff members were fired upon Pioli's arrival, and his inability to connect with fans resulted in unprecedented unrest. Some fans even paid for multiple banners to be towed behind planes before home games asking that he be fired. On Dec. 1, linebacker Jovan Belcher shot the mother of his 3-month-old daughter, Kasandra Perkins, at a home not far from Arrowhead Stadium. Belcher then drove to the team's practice facility and shot himself in the head as Pioli and Crennel watched in the parking lot. Pioli hasn't spoken publicly since the incident. 'The bottom line is that I did not accomplish all of what I set out to do,' Pioli said in a statement released through by team. 'To the Hunt family – to the great fans of Kansas City – to the players, all employees and alumni, I truly apologize for not getting the job done.' The three-time NFL executive of the year often spoke of putting together 'the right 53,' but he failed to do so, and now it falls on Reid and his staff to finish the job. The most glaring position of need is quarterback. Matt Cassel has two years left on a $63 million, six-year deal, but he played so poorly this season that he was benched in favor of Brady Quinn, who is now a free agent. It's expected that the Chiefs will pursue a veteran quarterback while also choosing one in the draft, giving Reid options in training camp. Reid has a history of success working with young quarterbacks, including Brett Favre in Green Bay and Donovan McNabb in Philadelphia. Decisions will also have to be made about left tackle Branden Albert, wide receiver Dwayne Bowe and even Pro Bowl punter Dustin Colquitt, all of whom can become free agents. AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi in Philadelphia contributed to this report. Follow The Reporter Sports on Twitter @ReporterSports. 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A fame-seeking cat crashes a reporter's live shot and lands on the RidicuList, where she's got some company.
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January 31st, 2012
New skin cancer drug approved
Adults with metastatic basal cell cancer now have a new drug to help them battle the disease.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Erivedge under the agency's priority review program. The program provides an expedited six-month review process for drugs that may result in major treatment advances.
Erivedge is for patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma who are not candidates for radiation or surgery, or for those whose cancer has spread. BCC is the most common form of skin cancer in the country. It grows slowly and is generally curable.
The new drug inhibits a molecular pathway called the Hedgehog pathway, which is found in most basal cell cancers.
"Our understanding of molecular pathways involved in cancer, such as the Hedgehog pathway, has enabled the development of targeted drugs for specific diseases," said Dr. Richard Pazdur, director of the Office of Hematology and Oncology Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. "This approach is becoming more common and will potentially allow cancer drugs to be developed more quickly. This is important for patients who will have access to more effective therapies with potentially fewer side effects."
This is the first FDA-approved treatment for metastatic BCC. It comes in pill form - a capsule that's taken once a day.
According to the drug's manufacturer, Genentech, an independent review of clinical studies found Erivedge shrank lesions in 43% of patients with locally advanced BCC and 30% in patients with metastatic BCC.
"Today's approval provides a new treatment for people with advanced basal cell carcinoma who, until now, had no approved medicines to help shrink disfiguring or potentially life-threatening lesions," said Dr. Hal Barron, chief medical officer and head, Global Product Development for Genentech.
Dr. Evan Lipson, and instructor of medical oncology at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center has treated patients with the drug.
"Like most of the pathway therapy drugs that we are using these days, these drugs are remarkably successful compared to the chemotherapy drugs that have been available to us up until now," Lipson said. "The downside is that the effects of the drug on the tumor are not as long lasting as we would like and research is underway to develop ways to create longer lasting responses."
There are side effects , including muscle spasms, hair loss, weight loss, distorted sense of or loss of taste. Erivedge will come with a black box warning about the potential risk of death, and of severe birth defects to unborn babies. Pregnancy status must be verified before starting treatment.
According to Genentech, the drug will be available within two weeks.
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James Polk
11th president (1845-1849)
Background/Early Life
• James Knox Polk was born in North Carolina and at age 10 moved with his family to Tennessee. The journey to the frontier was hard for him, and he suffered from illness for most of his youth.
• Polk graduated from the University of North Carolina and went on to study law, then entered politics by winning a seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He would then serve in the United States House of Representatives, where he went on to be elected speaker of the house.
• Polk left Washington to become governor of Tennessee. He lost two subsequent elections for governor before winning the presidency in 1844.
How he defineD the office
• Running for president with his supporters coining the campaign slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!," Polk made clear the westward expansion of the United States was a priority. "Fifty-Four Forty" referred to the disputed land between the lines of latitude of 42 degrees south and 54 degrees, 40 minutes north that both Great Britain and the United States claimed. Polk was committed to expanding the United States from coast to coast during his time in office.
• In order to manage all of the land acquired during his presidency, Polk established the Department of the Interior.
Successes and failures
• President Polk secured the Oregon Territory, though instead of 54 degrees, 40 minutes agreed to the boundary being the 49th parallel. This gave the United States what would become Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and control of the Columbia River.
• The Mexican-American War, sometimes called "Mister Polk's War," broke out in 1846, and when the treaty to end the war was signed in 1848 the United States had negotiated the acquisition of Mexican territory that would become Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado, and the boundary of Texas was set at the Rio Grande.
• With all of the new territory came questions about whether new states should be admitted as slave states or free states. None of this was decided during Polk's presidency, but it laid the groundwork for the Civil War that was fast approaching.
• Polk held true to his promise to serve just a single term, and after cutting short a tour of the Southern states after his time in office due to illness, Polk died. His death three months after leaving office was the quickest of any president.
notable quote
• "No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure."


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NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — At the very start of their lives, the schoolchildren are remembered for their love of horses, or for the games they couldn't get enough of, or for always saying grace at dinner. The adult victims found their life's work in sheltering little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating them as their own. The gunfire Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School left a toll both unbearable and incalculable: 20 students and six adults at the school, the gunman's mother at home, and the gunman himself.
A glimpse of some of those who died:
They were supposed to be for the holidays, but finally on Friday, after hearing much begging, Charlotte Bacon's mother relented and let her wear the new pink dress and boots to school.
It was the last outfit the outgoing redhead would ever pick out. Charlotte's older brother, Guy, was also in the school but was not shot.
Her parents, JoAnn and Joel, had lived in Newtown for four or five years, JoAnn's brother John Hagen, of Nisswa, Minn., told Newsday.
"She was going to go some places in this world," Hagen told the newspaper. "This little girl could light up the room for anyone."
Daniel's family says he was "fearless in the pursuit of happiness in life."
He was the youngest of three children and in a statement to the media, his family said Daniel earned his missing two front teeth and ripped jeans.
"Words really cannot express what a special boy Daniel was. Such a light. Always smiling, unfailingly polite, incredibly affectionate, fair and so thoughtful towards others, imaginative in play, both intelligent and articulate in conversation: in all, a constant source of laughter and joy," the family said.
His father, Mark, is a local musician. The New Haven Register reported the father had been scheduled to play a show at a restaurant Friday in Danbury that was later canceled.
On the biography on his professional website, Mark Barden lists spending time with his family as his favorite activity.
Days before the Connecticut shooting rampage, Rachel D'Avino's boyfriend had asked her parents for permission to marry her.
D'Avino was a behavioral therapist who had only recently started working at the school, according to Lissa Lovetere Stone, a friend who is handling her funeral planned for Friday.
D'Avino's boyfriend, Anthony Cerritelli, planned to ask her to marry him on Christmas Eve, Lovetere Stone said.
Lovetere Stone said she met D'Avino in 2005 when D'Avino was assigned to her son, who has autism, in their town of Bethlehem, Conn. D'Avino, 29, was so dedicated she would make home visits and frequently offer guidance on handling situations such as helping her son deal with loud music at a wedding.
"Her job didn't end when the school bell rang at 3 o'clock," Lovetere Stone said.
Police told her family that she shielded one of the students during the rampage, Lovetere Stone said.
"I'm heartbroken. I'm numb," Lovetere Stone said. "I think she taught me more about how to be a good mother to a special needs child than anyone else ever had."
Images of Olivia Rose Engel show a happy child, one with a great sense of humor, as her family said in a statement. There she is, visiting with Santa Claus, or feasting on a slice of birthday cake. Or swinging a pink baseball bat, posing on a boat, or making a silly face.
Olivia loved school, did very well in math and reading, and was "insightful for her age," said the statement released by her uncle, John Engel.
She was a child who "lit up a room and the people around her." Creative with drawing and designing, she was also a tennis and soccer player and took art classes, swimming, and dance lessons in ballet and hip hop. A Daisy Girl Scout, she enjoyed musical theater.
"She was a great big sister and was always very patient with her 3 year old brother, Brayden," her family said, recalling that her favorite colors were purple and pink.
Olivia was learning the rosary and always led grace before the family dinner. "She was a grateful child who was always appreciative and never greedy," the family said.
Her father said she was a 6-year-old who had a lot to look forward to.
Dan Merton, a longtime friend of the girl's family, recalled that she loved attention, had perfect manners and was a teacher's pet.
"Her only crime," he said, "is being a wiggly, smiley 6-year-old."
Josephine Gay had turned 7 just three days before the shooting.
On Monday, purple balloons — her favorite color — sprouted from the family mailbox and those of all her neighbors.
In the back of the yellow house on a quiet cul-de-sac sat a jungle gym.
"'Joey' is a beautiful little girl, may she never be forgotten and live forever in our hearts," wrote Polly Larsen, of Sunnyvale, Calif., on Facebook. She said she was close friends with the cousin of Josephine's mother.
A person who answered the phone at Mother of God Catholic Church in Covington, Ky., said Josephine was the great-niece of the pastor, the Rev. Raymond Hartman.
DAWN HOCHSPRUNG, 47, principal
Dawn Hochsprung's pride in Sandy Hook Elementary was clear. She regularly tweeted photos from her time as principal there, giving indelible glimpses of life at a place now known for tragedy. Just this week, it was an image of fourth-graders rehearsing for their winter concert; days before that, the tiny hands of kindergartners exchanging play money at their makeshift grocery store.
She viewed her school as a model, telling The Newtown Bee in 2010 that "I don't think you could find a more positive place to bring students to every day." She had worked to make Sandy Hook a place of safety, too, and in October, the 47-year-old Hochsprung shared a picture of the school's evacuation drill with the message "safety first." When the unthinkable came, she was ready to defend.
Officials said she died while lunging at the gunman in an attempt to overtake him.
"She had an extremely likable style about her," said Gerald Stomski, first selectman of Woodbury, where Hochsprung lived and had taught. "She was an extremely charismatic principal while she was here."
The Hockley family moved to Sandy Hook two years ago from England, in love with the sense of community and the elementary school that their boys, Dylan and Jake, would attend. Dylan's mother, Nicole, is American, and his father, Ian, is British.
They moved into a house on the same street as the mother of the shooter, Adam Lanza.
In a statement, the family said their youngest boy had thrived at Sandy Hook.
"We do not and shall never regret this choice," the Hockleys said. "Our boys have flourished here, and our family's happiness has been limitless."
Dylan had a beaming smile. He played tag every morning at the bus stop with neighbors, bounced on the trampoline and played computer games. He loved purple, chocolate and seeing the moon. He was learning to read and was proud to show off his new skills to his parents. Jake was his best friend and role model.
"We love you Mister D," the Hockleys wrote in their statement.
Dylan also adored his teacher's aide, Anne Marie Murphy, and would point to her picture on the family fridge every day. They took great comfort, they said, in knowing that when Dylan died, he was wrapped in Murphy's arms. She also died.
Madeleine Hsu was shy and quiet — but she would light up around dogs.
Karen Dryer, who lived on the same street as the Hsu family, would see Madeleine's mom waiting for her at the bus stop at 3:15 every afternoon. Dryer would wait too, for her son Logan, who is in kindergarten. Dryer usually brought the family's golden retriever with her.
"She would come off the bus and her face would light up when she saw the dog," Dryer said.
Her mom would give her a big squeeze, and Madeleine would hug her little sister. "She was just an absolute doll," Dryer said. "She seemed very shy, but she was just so sweet."
Catherine's parents released a statement expressing gratitude to emergency responders and for the support of the community.
"We are greatly saddened by the loss of our beautiful daughter, Catherine Violet and our thoughts and prayers are with the other families who have been affected by this tragedy," Jennifer and Matthew Hubbard said. "We ask that you continue to pray for us and the other families who have experienced loss in this tragedy."
Chase Kowalski was always outside, playing in the backyard, riding his bicycle. Just last week, he was visiting neighbor Kevin Grimes, telling him about completing — and winning — his first mini-triathlon.
"You couldn't think of a better child," Grimes said.
Grimes' own five children all attended Sandy Hook, too. Cars lined up outside the Kowalskis' ranch home Saturday, and a state trooper's car idled in the driveway. Grimes spoke of the boy only in the present tense.
NANCY LANZA, 52, gunman's mother
She once was known simply for the game nights she hosted and the holiday decorations she put up at her house. Now Nancy Lanza is known as her son's first victim.
Authorities say her 20-year-old son Adam gunned her down before killing 26 others at Sandy Hook. The two shared a home in a well-to-do Newtown neighborhood, but details were slow to emerge of who she was and what might have led her son to carry out such horror.
Kingston, N.H., Police Chief Donald Briggs Jr. said Nancy Lanza once lived in the community and was a kind, considerate and loving person. The former stockbroker at John Hancock in Boston was well-respected, Briggs said.
Court records show Lanza and her ex-husband, Peter Lanza, filed for divorce in 2008. He lives in Stamford and is a tax director at General Electric. A neighbor, Rhonda Cullens, said she knew Nancy Lanza from get-togethers she had hosted to play Bunco, a dice game. She said her neighbor had enjoyed gardening.
"She was a very nice lady," Cullens said. "She was just like all the rest of us in the neighborhood, just a regular person."
Six-year-old Jesse Lewis had hot chocolate with his favorite breakfast sandwich — sausage, egg and cheese — at the neighborhood deli before going to school Friday morning.
Jesse and his parents were regulars at the Misty Vale Deli in Sandy Hook, Conn., owner Angel Salazar told The Wall Street Journal.
"He was always friendly; he always liked to talk," Salazar said.
Jesse's family has a collection of animals he enjoyed playing with, and he was learning to ride horseback.
Family friend Barbara McSperrin told the Journal that Jesse was "a typical 6-year-old little boy, full of life."
A year ago, 6-year-old Ana Marquez-Greene was reveling in holiday celebrations with her extended family on her first trip to Puerto Rico. This year will be heartbreakingly different.
The girl's grandmother, Elba Marquez, said the family moved to Connecticut just two months ago, drawn from Canada, in part, by Sandy Hook's sterling reputation. The grandmother's brother, Jorge Marquez, is mayor of a Puerto Rican town and said the child's 9-year-old brother also was at the school but escaped safely.
Elba Marquez had just visited the new home over Thanksgiving and is perplexed by what happened. "What happened does not match up with the place where they live," she said.
A video spreading across the Internet shows a confident Ana hitting every note as she sings "Come, Thou Almighty King." She flashes a big grin and waves to the camera when she's done.
Jorge Marquez confirmed the girl's father is saxophonist Jimmy Greene, who wrote on Facebook that he was trying to "work through this nightmare."
"As much as she's needed here and missed by her mother, brother and me, Ana beat us all to paradise," he wrote. "I love you sweetie girl."
James Mattioli especially loved recess and math, and his family described him as a "numbers guy" who came up with insights beyond his years to explain the relationship between numbers. He particularly loved the concept of googolplex, which a friend taught him.
He was born four weeks before his due date, and his family often joked that he came into the world early because he was hungry.
They wrote in his obituary that 6-year-old James, fondly called 'J,' loved hamburgers with ketchup, his Dad's omelets with bacon, and his Mom's French toast. He often asked to stop at Subway and wanted to know how old he needed to be to order a footlong sandwich.
He loved sports and wore shorts and T-shirts no matter the weather. He was a loud and enthusiastic singer and once asked, "How old do I have to be to sing on a stage?"
His family recalled that he was an early-riser who was always ready to get up and go. He and his older sister were the best of friend. He was a thoughtful and considerate child, recently choosing to forgo a gift for himself and use the money to buy his grandfather a mug for Christmas.
His funeral is Tuesday.
GRACE AUDREY McDONNELL, 7
With broken hearts, the parents of Grace Audrey McDonnell said Sunday they couldn't believe the outpouring of support they've received since the little girl who was the center of their lives died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Lynn and Chris McDonnell called their 7-year-old daughter "the love and light" of their family in a statement released by the little girl's uncle.
The family also shared a photo featuring Grace smiling into the camera, her eyes shining and a pink bow adorning her long blonde hair.
"Words cannot adequately express our sense of loss," the McDonnells said.
ANNE MARIE MURPHY, 52, teacher
A happy soul. A good mother, wife and daughter. Artistic, fun-loving, witty and hardworking.
Remembering their daughter, Anne Marie Murphy, her parents had no shortage of adjectives to offer Newsday. When news of the shooting broke, Hugh and Alice McGowan waited for word of their daughter as hours ticked by. And then it came.
Authorities told the couple their daughter was a hero who helped shield some of her students from the rain of bullets. As the grim news arrived, the victim's mother reached for her rosary.
"You don't expect your daughter to be murdered," her father told the newspaper. "It happens on TV. It happens elsewhere."
Quick to cheer up those in need of a smile, Emilie Parker never missed a chance to draw a picture or make a card.
Her father, Robbie Parker, fought back tears as he described the beautiful, blond, always-smiling girl who loved to try new things, except foods.
Parker, one of the first parents to publicly talk about his loss, expressed no animosity for the gunman, even as he struggled to explain the death to his other two children, ages 3 and 4. He's sustained by the fact that the world is better for having had Emilie in it.
"I'm so blessed to be her dad," he said.
Jack Pinto was a huge New York Giants fan. Wide receiver Victor Cruz honored Jack on Sunday on his cleats, writing on them the words "Jack Pinto, My Hero" and "R.I.P. Jack Pinto."
"I also spoke to an older brother and he was distraught as well. I told him to stay strong and I was going to do whatever I can to honor him," Cruz said after the Giant's game with the Atlanta Falcons. "He was fighting tears and could barely speak to me."
Cruz said he planned to give the gloves he wore during the game to the boy's family, and spend some time with them.
"There's no words that can describe the type of feeling that you get when a kid idolizes you so much that unfortunately they want to put him in the casket with your jersey on," he said. "I can't even explain it."
Jack's funeral and burial were Monday.
Noah was "smart as a whip," gentle but with a rambunctious streak, said his uncle, Alexis Haller of Woodinville, Wash.
He was part of a big family. His twin sister, Arielle, assigned to a different classroom, survived the shooting. He called Arielle his best friend and loved her dearly, along with big sisters Danielle and Sophia and big brother Michael.
"They were always playing together, they loved to do things together," Haller said. When his mother, a nurse, would tell him she loved him, he would answer, "Not as much as I love you, Mom."'
Haller said Noah loved to read and liked to figure out how things worked mechanically. He was already a very good reader. He loved animals, video games and Nintendo's Mario Brothers characters. For his birthday two weeks ago, he got a new Wii.
Noah was looking forward to reading a new "Ninjago" book he'd just bought at a book fair. He was also very excited about going to a birthday party he had been invited to. It was to take place Saturday.
"He was just a really lively, smart kid," Haller said. "He would have become a great man, I think. He would have grown up to be a great dad."
A funeral was held Monday, followed by burial.
"Silly Caroline" Previdi had an infectious grin and a giving heart.
Karen Dryer, a neighbor, remembered how Caroline would ride the bus with her son, Logan, when he got scared. She'd sit with him, make sure he felt safe, and play peek-a-boo over the seat to distract him.
"My son refers to her as 'Silly Caroline,"' said Dryer, who is still wrestling with how to talk to her son about the shootings. "She's just a girl that was always smiling, always wanting others to smile."
"Caroline Phoebe Previdi was a blessing from God and brought joy to everyone she touched," her parents, Jeff and Sandy Previdi, said in a statement. "We know that she is looking down on us from Heaven."
Family friend David Sutch, who lives in Brookfield, Mo., described the Previdis as loving and compassionate, always having other children over to the house, willing to befriend anyone.
"I can't imagine a family that deserved this less," he said.
"Jessica loved everything about horses," her parents, Rich and Krista Rekos said in a statement. "She devoted her free time to watching horse movies, reading horse books, drawing horses, and writing stories about horses."
When she turned 10, they promised, she could have a horse of her own. For Christmas, she asked Santa for new cowgirl boots and hat.
The Rekoses described their daughter as "a creative, beautiful little girl who loved playing with her little brothers, Travis and Shane.
"She spent time writing in her journals, making up stories, and doing 'research' on orca whales — one of her passions after seeing the movie 'Free Willy' last year." Her dream of seeing a real orca was realized in October when she went to SeaWorld.
Jessica, first born in the family, "was our rock," the parents said. "She had an answer for everything, she didn't miss a trick, and she outsmarted us every time." A thoughtful planner, she was "our little CEO."
LAUREN GABRIELLE ROUSSEAU, 30, teacher
Lauren Rousseau had spent years working as a substitute teacher and doing other jobs. So she was thrilled when she finally realized her goal this fall to become a full-time teacher at Sandy Hook.
Her mother, Teresa Rousseau, a copy editor at the Danbury News-Times, released a statement Saturday that said state police told them just after midnight that she was among the victims.
"Lauren wanted to be a teacher from before she even went to kindergarten," she said. "We will miss her terribly and will take comfort knowing that she had achieved that dream."
Her mother said she was thrilled to get the job.
"It was the best year of her life," she told the newspaper.
Rousseau has been called gentle, spirited and active. She had planned to see "The Hobbit" with her boyfriend Friday and had baked cupcakes for a party they were to attend afterward. She was born in Danbury, and attended Danbury High, college at the University of Connecticut and graduate school at the University of Bridgeport.
She was a lover of music, dance and theater.
"I'm used to having people die who are older," her mother said, "not the person whose room is up over the kitchen."
MARY SHERLACH, 56, school psychologist
When the shots rang out, Mary Sherlach threw herself into the danger.
Janet Robinson, the superintendent of Newtown Public Schools, said Sherlach and the school's principal ran toward the shooter. They lost their own lives, rushing toward him.
Even as Sherlach neared retirement, her job at Sandy Hook was one she loved. Those who knew her called her a wonderful neighbor, a beautiful person, a dedicated educator.
Sherlach's son-in-law, Eric Schwartz, told the South Jersey Times that Sherlach rooted on the Miami Dolphins, enjoyed visiting the Finger Lakes, relished helping children overcome their problems. She had planned to leave work early on Friday, he said, but never had the chance. In a news conference Saturday, he told reporters the loss was devastating, but that Sherlach was doing what she loved.
"Mary felt like she was doing God's work," he said, "working with the children."
VICTORIA SOTO, 27, teacher
She beams in snapshots. Her enthusiasm and cheer was evident. She was doing, those who knew her say, what she loved.
And now, Victoria Soto is being called a hero.
Though details of the 27-year-old teacher's death remained fuzzy, her name has been invoked again and again as a portrait of selflessness and humanity among unfathomable evil. Those who knew her said they weren't surprised by reports she shielded her first-graders from danger.
"She put those children first. That's all she ever talked about," said a friend, Andrea Crowell. "She wanted to do her best for them, to teach them something new every day."
Photos of Soto show her always with a wide smile, in pictures of her at her college graduation and in mundane daily life. She looks so young, barely an adult herself. Her goal was simply to be a teacher.
"You have a teacher who cared more about her students than herself," said Mayor John Harkins of Stratford, the town Soto hailed from and where more than 300 people gathered for a memorial service Saturday night. "That speaks volumes to her character, and her commitment and dedication."
Music surrounded Benjamin Wheeler as he grew up in a household where both his mother and father were performers. They left behind stage careers in New York City when they moved to Newtown with Benjamin and his older brother, Nate.
"We knew we wanted a piece of lawn, somewhere quiet, somewhere with good schools," Francine Wheeler told the Newtown Bee in a profile.
Ben was spirited and energetic. He was taking swim lessons, and at soccer practice, he'd often be running across the field long after it was necessary. A recent accomplishment, his family said, was performing at a piano recital this month — and sitting still long enough to play one piece.
Francine, a music educator and singer-songwriter, used to make up songs for Ben when he was a baby. Some eventually found their way onto a CD, she told the local newspaper. Ben's father, David, still writes and performs, according to a profile on the website of the Flagpole Radio Cafe theater.
Before school on Friday, Ben had told his mother he wanted to be an architect — but also a paleontologist.
"That's what Nate is going to be," he told his mom. "And I want to do everything Nate does."
Associated Press writers Christina Rexrode, Denise Lavoie, Mark Scolforo, Allen Breed, Pat Eaton-Robb, Bridget Murphy, Christopher Sullivan and Danica Coto contributed to this report.


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Sam Sommers wrote a terrific situationist post, titled "The Power of Us," on the Psychology Today blog. Here are some excerpts.
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Customers who insist on paying with a personal check at the grocery store. Waitresses who don't write down your order. People who sit right in front of you at the movies when there are other free seats in their row. . . . Drivers who insist on backing into spaces in wide-open parking lots. Squirrels.
All of the above would make my list of Top 10 pet peeves. But at the top, without question, would have to be people who charge into elevators, head down, without waiting to see if anyone is getting off. Same with subway cars, for that matter. It's just common courtesy, people. Which is what made the following interaction such a dissonance-inducing moment for me.
I was at the doctor's office for a regular appointment and had to head up to the 7th floor. As the elevator doors opened and I began to exit, a middle-aged gentleman barreled in a clear hurry, like a Muscovite rushing into a bread store in the perestroika 1990s. I literally turned sideways to avoid a collision, feeling a bit like a torero sans cape. Clearly, this guy was worthy of Public Enemy #1 status.
But then a funny thing happened. He took a look at me, made a sudden U-turn, and followed me out of the elevator, all the while wheeling behind him his cart with several boxes on it. He pointed at my chest and asked, "did you go to school there?" Realizing that he was referring to the college name emblazoned on my t-shirt, I answered that, yes, indeed, this was my alma mater. "Me too," he exclaimed. "What year did you graduate?"
And so began a 10-minute conversation that I wasn't particularly thrilled to be having, what with my own dispositional aversion to small talk with strangers combined with the desire to check in on time for my appointment. But my fellow alum proved himself to be a pleasant enough fellow. And it's always enjoyable to reminisce about familiar people and places from your past, especially when you went to a small school that doesn't afford such opportunities that often. So we parted ways and I continued on to my doctor's office in relatively good spirits.
And this is when it hit me–I had mentally pardoned my newfound friend from his otherwise capital offense. Now, I'm not saying I was wrong to do this. Why go around life bearing resentments and grudges against strangers for transgressions that are, objectively speaking, trivial? But were not for the common link established by my t-shirt, I never would have left this interaction in a positive mood, much less a somewhat favorable impression of this guy.
That's the power of "us." Sharing group membership with other people has dramatic effects on how we see and interact with them. Whether it's a common alma mater or favorite sports team, whether it's a more central aspect of identity such as race or religion, we're more generous in our perceptions of fellow members of our own ingroups.
As written about by persuasively by social psychologist Marilynn Brewer, some of the disparities and prejudices that persist in our society likely have just as much to do with ingroup favoritism as they do outgroup derogation or dislike. Distinguishing between these different causes of intergroup disparity is clearly important, especially for efforts to remedy differential outcomes in any domain.
At the same time, from a practical perspective, differential outcomes are differential outcomes. It matters little to the job applicant who is passed over for a position whether the job went to someone else because of ingroup favoritism towards the competition or because of outgroup prejudice directed towards her. It is of little solace to the Black defendant hit with felony charges for a borderline offense that the relative leniency shown towards a comparable White defendant resulted from the desire to "give a good kid a second chance" as opposed to any type of disparity based on racial animus. In this sense, the power of us can be just as dangerous as the dislike of them. . . .
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I'd maintain that one of the unsung obstacles faced by many minority and female professionals is that they're simply less likely to benefit from such "usness," in terms of hiring as well as promotion decisions. The White male entering the workplace simply has a greater chance of effortless bonding with his White male colleagues and superiors, whether over past affiliations or shared cultural interests. It's an often overlooked benefit of majority group membership that can be hard to quantify.
Because usness is powerful. It leads us to bond quickly with some people, but not others. It prompts us to be far less stingy with the benefit of the doubt for similar individuals. And it can even get you off the hook when you violate cardinal rules of elevator etiquette, and I must tell you, that's no small feat.
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To read his entire post (with links and a postscript) including a section examining the low number of African American coaches in Division I football, click here. For some related Situationist posts, see"March Madness," "Race Attributions and Georgetown University Basketball," "Some (Interior) Situational Sources War – Part I," "The Origins of Sports Team Fandom," "Attributing Blame — from the Baseball Diamond to the War on Terror," and "Situationist Theories of Hate – Part II."


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Michael McCullough has a fascinating and important new book: "Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct." Here's a summary.
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For centuries, people have held several misconceptions about the nature of humanity's desire for revenge and the human potential for forgiveness. First, from the earliest Greek tragedies to the modern mental health professions, revenge has been depicted as a disease or a poison that takes control of human minds and then plunges people into personal ruin and social chaos. Second, the capacity to forgive has been depicted as an "invention" that was deliberately created as a solution to the "problem" of revenge. Third, people have been led to believe that the key to making the world a more forgiving place is to help individual people to think, feel, and act differently than they currently do about the person, or people, who have harmed them—a view that fits very well with the modern emphasis on professional therapy and self-help as the solutions to people's problems. Beyond Revenge takes these three assumptions to task because they are scientifically incorrect and because they prevent us from doing all we can to make the world a better place.
Using research from the social and biological sciences, interpreted through the lens of evolutionary theory, Beyond Revenge explains how modern humans' propensity for revenge resulted from millions of years of evolution in which the capacity for revenge actually functioned as a solution to many of the social dilemmas that faced humans' evolutionary ancestors, such as the problem of self-protection in the face of violence and the problem of encouraging cooperation among groups of unrelated individuals. As an evolutionary adaptation, the desire for revenge is a cross-cultural universal and it is responsive to a small set of social conditions. From the point of view of natural selection, revenge is only a problem for humans today because it was such an effective solution for our ancestors. Indeed, biologists have shown that humans are far from the only animals that use revenge to solve their social problems.
Second, Beyond Revenge demonstrates that humans' capacity to forgive was not an invention or a discovery that people deliberately developed to control a runaway propensity for revenge, but rather, that it is an evolved feature of human nature that arose through the force of natural selection because it helped ancestral humans to solve certain adaptive social problems they encountered: conflicts of interest with their genetic relatives and with unrelated cooperation partners. Forgiveness, like revenge, is ubiquitous among the world's human societies, and it appears to be a psychological process that we share in common with many other members of the animal kingdom. Recent scientific breakthroughs illustrate the factors that activate the "forgiveness instinct" in the minds of human beings, as well as in our closest living primate relatives.
Third, Beyond Revenge shows how these insights into the evolution and modern workings of the desire for revenge and the forgiveness instinct can be used to control human violence and destructiveness and to promote a more peaceful world. Rather than arguing that individual people must be changed in order to make the world a more forgiving place, Beyond Revenge argues that when people encounter the right sorts of social conditions, their tendencies to forgive are automatically activated. When people encounter offenders who are apologetic and contrite, and who attempt to make reparations for the damage they have caused, people are naturally inclined to forgive them. Likewise, when people live in societies in which their rights are protected, in which they are relatively safe from crime and victimization, and in which offenders are given incentives to apologize and compensate their victims, the desire for revenge is slaked and the forgiveness instinct is automatically activated. Beyond Revenge explains why. In an important chapter on religion, Beyond Revenge also explains exactly why religions have the capacity to encourage inspiring acts of forgiveness as well as shockingly destructive acts of vengeance.
Integrating insights from psychology, evolutionary biology, primatology, economics, and neuroscience, amply illustrated with examples from history, current events, popular culture, and everyday life, Beyond Revenge provides a balanced and realistic portrait of human nature, and it shows what people can do to make the world a less vengeful, more forgiving place.
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For some related Situationist posts, see "Attributing Blame — from the Baseball Diamond to the War on Terror," "March Madness," "Our Soldiers, Their Children: The Lasting Impact of the War in Iraq," and "With God on Our Side . . .."
The Situationist has a series of posts devoted to highlighting some of situational sources of war. Part I and Part II of the series included portions of an article co-authored by Daniel Kahneman and Jonathan Renshon, titled "Why Hawks Win." Part III reproduced an op-ed written by Situationist friend Dan Gilbert on July 24, 2006. Part IV and Part V in this series contained the two halves of an essay written by Situationist Contributor, Jon Hanson within the week following 9/11. Part VI contains an op-ed written by Situationist Contributor John Jost on October 1, 2001, "Legitimate Responses to Illegitimate Acts," which gives special emphasis to the role of system justification. Part VII includes a video entitled "Resisting the Drums of War." The film was created and narrated by psychologist Roy J. Eidelson, Executive Director of the Solomon Asch Center at the University of Pennsylvania.


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Archimandrite Ephraim of Philotheou (commonly known as Elder Ephraim, sometimes spelled Ephrem) is an archimandrite and former abbot of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos, spiritual guide of several monasteries on Mount Athos and Greece, and the founder of several monasteries in the United States. He resides in Arizona at St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery.
Elder Ephraim has been a priest-monk for the past 50 years and has served as an elder for almost 40 years. He was a disciple of Elder Joseph the Hesychast of Mount Athos and lived in monastic obedience to him for 12 years until his Elder's repose in 1959.
Early life
Elder Ephraim was born in 1927 in Volos, Greece, with a baptismal name of John. He grew up in poverty and helped his father at work, but always tried to emulate the pious life of his mother (who became a nun with the name of Theophano). He began to desire the monastic life around 14 years of age, but he did not get a blessing from his spiritual father to leave and become a monk until he was 19.
Monastic life
When he arrived at Mount Athos, he became a disciple of Elder Joseph the Hesychast who tonsured him in 1948 and gave him the name Ephraim. Elder Ephraim was subsequently ordained a deacon, and then a priest. The life in the brotherhood under Elder Joseph was very austere and ascetical, and Elder Ephraim made great spiritual progress under his holy Elder. After Elder Joseph's repose in 1959, Elder Ephraim continued to live in asceticism for many years until he became the abbot of the Holy Monastery of Philotheou in 1973, where he was able to revive the spiritual life there in a short time. Due to the reputation of Elder Ephraim, the monastery's brotherhood grew rapidly. Elder Ephraim was asked by the council of Mount Athos to revive and expand several other monasteries on Mount Athos which had a dwindling number of monks. These monasteries were Xeropotamou, Konstamonitou, and Karakallou. He was also asked to repopulate the Great Lavra but declined. These monasteries are still under his spiritual guidance today. Along with the monasteries on Mount Athos, there are several other monasteries in Greece under Elder Ephraim's spiritual guidance, including the monastery of St. John the Forerunner in Serres, that of Panagia the Directress in Portaria (Volos), and that of the Archangel Michael, a formal metochion of Philotheou on the island of Thasos.
Present day
Elder Ephraim has a reputation of being a grace-filled confessor and true Athonite elder and has thousands of spiritual children around the world: monastics, clergy, and lay-people. He is considered by many to be the first to establish an authentic Athonite monastery on American soil. As of 2005, Elder Ephraim has founded seventeen monasteries in the United States and Canada under the Greek Orthodox Archdioceses of America and Canada; this includes monasteries for women and for men.
* Counsels from the Holy Mountain: Selected from the Letters and Homilies of Elder Ephraim by Elder Ephraim. Florence, Arizona: St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox
External links
* Sermons of Elder Ephraim of Mount Athos http://www.elderephraim-ofmountathos.org/
* On the World and Family by Elder Ephraim http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/elderephraimcounsels1.aspx
* Monasteries founded by Father Ephraim in the United States http://www.stanthonysmonastery.org/Map.htm
* History of the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Monastery in Harvard, Illinois, with a brief biography of Fr. Ephraim http://www.holytransfigurationmonastery.org/history


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If you haven't installed last week's patch from Oracle that plugs dozens of critical holes in its Java software framework, now would be a good time. As in immediately. As in, really, right now.
In the past few days, attack code targeting one of the many remote-code-execution vulnerabilities fixed in Java 7 Update 21 was folded into either the folded into the RedKit or CrimeBoss exploit kit. By Sunday, that attack code was being actively unleashed on unsuspecting end users, according to a short blog post published by a researcher from antivirus provider F-Secure.
The post doesn't say where the attacks were being hosted or precisely how attackers are using them. Still, Oracle describes the vulnerability as allowing remote code execution without authentication. And that means you should install the patch before you do anything else today. The track record of malware purveyors of abusing advertising networks, compromised Apache servers, and other legitimate enterprises means readers could encounter attacks even when they're browsing a site they know and trust.
F-Secure noted that the code encountered in the new attacks looks similar to the source code contained in an exploit module released for the Metasploit framework used by penetration testers and hackers. The module was published a day before the nearly identical exploit began circulating in the wild. No doubt, private firms that sell exploits to governments for amounts in the six-figure range already had similar, and probably more potent, attacks available for days, weeks, or even months. Given the openness of the Metasploit project and its high value to network defenders, the copycat exploit is an unfortunate side effect of the democratic nature of the open-source framework. More about the proof-of-concept is here.
Most Java installations should be configured to deliver updates automatically. But if your system hasn't yet informed you of last week's update, you should go here and install it manually.
Post updated to reflect new information about the possible tool kits that incorporated the exploit.


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